Hospital in Dublin, Ireland
| Whitworth Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Whitworth Hospital | |
  Shown in Dublin | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°21′06″N 6°16′35″W / 53.35158°N 6.27636°W / 53.35158; -6.27636 |
| Organisation | |
| Type | General hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1816; 209 years ago (1816) |
| Closed | 1987; 38 years ago (1987) |
The Whitworth Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Whitworth) was a general hospital on Morning Star Avenue in Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland.
History
The facility was designed as a hospital for chronic patients of the House of Industry. The new hospital, which was named after the Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, opened in 1816. East and West wings, designed by Carroll & Batchelor, were added in 1900. It close temporarily in April 1849 on account of its high running costs but was re-opened a few months later by order of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. It closed permanently in November 1987. In 2002, the building was acquired by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, which has converted it for use as a meeting, training and study centre.
References
- ^ "The Whitworth Building, Morningstar Avenue, Dublin 7, Dublin City". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- O'Brien, Browne and O'Malley, p. 20
- O'Brien, Browne and O'Malley, p. 294
- "Former Richmond hospital for €3.5m". Irish Times. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
Sources
- O'Brien, Eion; Browne, Lorna; O'Malley, Kevin (1988). The House of Industry Hospitals: The Richmond, Whitworth and Hardwicke (St Laurence's Hospital); A closing memoir. Anniversary Press. ISBN 978-1870940023.